gjohnson Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Liverpool won everything going in the 70s and 80s without ever spending more than a couple of million on a player, it was a minor miracle looking back on it now. Well not really...they tended to pay the going rate for players. A couple of million back then is more like 10 million plus now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Are you fucking kidding Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Also have to figure Ferguson rarely went the "20m+ route. A lot has changed since he retired RVP, Berbatov, Anderson, Rooney, Ferdinand, Veron were all more than £20million like. I'm going to guess you purposefully picked £20mil because there's a load of players he signed for over £15mil: Zaha, Hargreaves, Young, Carrick, De Gea, Phil Jones, Valencia, Nani, Van Nistelrooy 6 players in 20+ years. I reckon the title winning sides from Chelsea (the last one) and City had more in one side. I give up with you. you don't have a clue Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Are you f***ing kidding Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Talk about cherry picking. No one was spending £20m for a large chunk of that. Cole for a start was a British record fee. Aye but he brought up Veron and Ferdinand. The fees spent by Man U in Fergie's last 3-5 seasons seem much lower than those by City and Chelsea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Are you f***ing kidding Not really...in '82 the British record transfer was £1.5m. Liverpool paid £1.4 for Mark Lawrenson that same season. In '87 the record was £3.2m, and they paid around almost £2m for Beardsley the same year. Scale that up to current records (£59m presently?), and you'd be looking subjectively at tens of millions Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Are you f***ing kidding Not really...in '82 the British record transfer was £1.5m. Liverpool paid £1.4 for Mark Lawrenson that same season. In '87 the record was £3.2m, and they paid around almost £2m for Beardsley the same year. Scale that up to current records (£59m presently?), and you'd be looking subjectively at tens of millions Ah OK. Yeah I was being a bit daft really then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Fucking world's longest whoosh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Is gjohnson Glen Johnson? Would explain a few things. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 f***ing world's longest whoosh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 f***ing world's longest whoosh. I'm not accepting that. If that was a double-whoosh attempt then it was so poorly executed that I claim the whoosh. In a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 f***ing world's longest whoosh. I'm not accepting that. If that was a double-whoosh attempt then it was so poorly executed that I claim the whoosh. In a bit. No whooshing intended. Just didn't pick up on the original one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Has there ever been a non-established player who's had such a poor season command so much attention as John Stones? A few places reporting that he's going to choose Man City over Barcelona Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Has there ever been a non-established player who's had such a poor season command so much attention as John Stones? A few places reporting that he's going to choose Man City over Barcelona I think it's because a lot of people put this poor season down to Martinez, and he was undeniably class the season before, and young. Crazy fee being touted though isn't it? £50m+? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Has there ever been a non-established player who's had such a poor season command so much attention as John Stones? This could be a good discussion... Not that I can think of many on the same scale as Stones. Michael Johnson of Man City maybe? Although I think he had a decent season before having a total breakdown. Joe Allen/Jordan Henderson could be decent shouts, as I remember them both being pretty poor before being transferred for relatively large fees. Maybe a case for Daniel Sturridge...never a first team regular at Man City or Chelsea (despite being a sub and fairly regular scorer), but still got a big move. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Watford after Berahino Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Jermaine Jenas by a mile. He was linked with Arsenal for ages, and possibly Inter Milan iirc. All while playing like a bag of shite for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Jenas by name, GENIUS by nature. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Fletcher, O'Shea, and Graham released from Mackems. Likely unpopular idea, but anyone take Fletcher on a one year deal? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Jermaine Jenas by a mile. He was linked with Arsenal for ages, and possibly Inter Milan iirc. All while playing like a bag of s**** for us. Good shout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritchie Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 O'Shea's gotta Champions League medal. He's bound to be good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 O'Shea's gotta Champions League medal. He's bound to be good. Oops...meant Brown, not O'Shea. Too many ex Mancs down the road Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Fletcher, O'Shea, and Graham released from Mackems. Likely unpopular idea, but anyone take Fletcher on a one year deal? Nah, he's exactly what we don't need. A piss head who's going to put in half a shift. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 O'Shea's gotta Champions League medal. He's bound to be good. Oops...meant Brown, not O'Shea. Too many ex Mancs down the road BBC Sport mentioned that he's a two-time winner in a tweet saying he'd been released, like it makes it worse that they've released him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groo Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Swansea agreed a fee with Atlanta to sell Paloschi, the player making his mind up if he wants to go. Odd one, only arrived in January, the majority of fans have high regard for him and a 2 million loss. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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